Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
External positions
Research Fellow, Center for Media, Religion and Culture
1-Sept-2016 → …
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
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A Beautiful Desolation: Finding Apartheid in South Africa’s Imagined Future
van der Merwe, R., 2023, (Accepted/In press) Atlas of Global Media.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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Whose media studies is it anyway?: A decolonial response to media studies' new materialist inspired self-evaluations
van der Merwe, R., 11-Jan-2023, (Accepted/In press).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Academic
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Brothers from another mother: Seeing the uncanny in US popular media depictions of South Africa
van der Merwe, R., Sept-2022, In: International Journal of Cultural Studies. 25, 5, p. 589-605 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Africa On Demand: Analyzing the Production and Distribution of African Narratives through Podcasting
van der Merwe, R., 21-Feb-2021, Routledge Handbook of African Media and Communication Studies . Mano, W. & Milton, V. C. (eds.). 1 ed. RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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From Global to National: Mapping the Trajectory of the South African Video Game Industry
van der Merwe, R., 2021, Re-imagining Communication in Africa and the Caribbean: Global South Issues in Media, Culture and Technology . Dunn, H. S., Moyo, D., Lesitaokana, W. O. & Barnabas, S. B. (eds.). Palgrave MacMillan, p. 137-156 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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Activities
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Brain Drain or Leveraging Privilege: How South African Emigrants Navigate Whiteness and Digital Citizenship
Rachel van der Merwe (Speaker)
26-May-2022Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
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Beautiful Desolation: Race, Gender & Industry Success for Pioneering South African RPG
Rachel van der Merwe (Speaker)
5-Feb-2022Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
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There is no Future for Cultural Studies Without Engaging the Decolonial
Rachel van der Merwe (Speaker)
16-Sept-2022Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
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The Writing is on the Wall: Emigration, Digital Media, & the Nation
Rachel van der Merwe (Speaker)
2021Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
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International Communication Association (External organisation)
Rachel van der Merwe (Member)
2021 → 2024Activity: Membership › Academic
Prizes
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Dissertation Award Runner-up, Global Communication and Social Change Division
van der Merwe, Rachel (Recipient), May-2022
Prize › Academic
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Gerald Bean Memorial Scholarship
van der Merwe, Rachel (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Other distinction › Academic
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Lilly Graduate Fellow
van der Merwe, Rachel (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively › Academic